CONTENTS. Vii 



Page 

 Proceedings of the Royal Society 45O 



Royal Institution 453 



Astronomical Society 454 



■ Geological Society 46 1 



Zoological Society , 463 



On the Discovery of Live Cockles in a Peat Moss distant from the Sea. . . 464 



Cause of Sound 4g~ 



Phosphorescent Plants 4gg 



Raining Trees 4gg 



On the Poisoning of Plants 4gQ 



Distribution of Land and Water 4^0 



Corrigenda ^g^ 



New Scientific Books 4-Q 



New Patents ^ 4-, 



Mr. Giddy's Meteorological Journal 472 



Mr. Howard's Meteorological Journal 473 



Index .„. 



475 



PLATES IN VOL. XL (New Series.) 



Plates ■ 



XXXVIII.- On the Strata North of the Humber, near Cave 43(3 



XXXIX.— On the temporary Magnetic Effect induced in Iron Bodies 



by Rotation 445 



